Catalog
Epilepsy due to immune disorders
Link to WHO Definition
Epilepsy due to immune disorders – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2077722839
Epilepsy in relation to immunological or autoimmune disorders, such as systemic lupus erythematosus [1], inflammatory bowel disease [2], and antibody associated encephalitis (e.g. NMDA receptors) [3]. Antibody associated encephalitis is often a limbic encephalitis, and is sometimes paraneoplastic. Excludes multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating disorders.